The town of Shrewsbury, MA, located in Worcester County, is home to an engaged and involved political community. The town holds regular elections to choose local representatives for its government. In the last election season, candidates from both major parties ran for positions on the Board of Selectmen. Issues that were at the forefront during the campaign included economic development, fiscal responsibility, and education reform. Residents of Shrewsbury take their civic duties seriously and turn out in droves to vote in local elections. In recent years, a number of initiatives have been put into place to ensure that all citizens are given a voice in government affairs. Through these efforts and continued engagement by citizens, Shrewsbury remains a vibrant political hub within Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
The political climate in Zip 01545 (Shrewsbury, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Worcester County, MA is moderately liberal. In Worcester County, MA 57.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worcester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.6% to 39.7%.
Worcester county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01545 (Shrewsbury, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Worcester County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Worcester Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Massachusetts is very liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts: D D D d D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 01545 (Shrewsbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,723 contributions totaling $249,349 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 521 contributions totaling $142,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)